Chattanooga 53, Wofford 72
Chattanooga, Tenn. | The McKenzie Arena
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Postgame Quotes
 
TEAM
• Chattanooga honored it's senior before the game. Abbey Cornelius, Yazz Wazeerud-Din, Brooke Hampel, Audrey Canter.
 
• Chattanooga fell 72-53 to Wofford Saturday night on Senior Night … UTC falls to 16-11 overall and 8-4 against the league … Wofford moves to 18-8 on the year and 8-4 in SoCon play.
 
• Chattanooga and Wofford are tied with ETSU for the conference lead with two games remaining.
 
• The Mocs lead the series 52-8 … Wofford has won six of the last nine meetings.
 
• 73 points is the most given up by the Mocs this season … only the second team to score 70 or more points on UTC this season.
 
• Nine 3-pointers is the second most by Chattanooga this year … UTC held Wofford to seven from beyond the arc, below its 8.2 per game average.
 
• Wofford outrebounded UTC 32-25 … 25 is the second fewest rebounds by UTC this season … the Terriers had nine points on four offensive rebounds while Chattanooga had three on six O-boards.
 
• The Terriers outscored UTC 32-14 in the paint and had 18 points off 11 Mocs miscues, while UTC had nine points on 10 Wofford turnovers.
 
• The Mocs started the game with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 6-0 lead and led 20-17 at the end of the first quarter.
 
• The Terriers responded, outscoring the Mocs 20-8 in the second quarter to lead 37-28 at the half.
 
• The Mocs put together an 8-0 run in the fourth cutting the Wofford lead to 67-51 with 2:47 to play.
 
• UTC shot 33.3 percent (17-51) from the field and 9-of-26 from the 3-point line while making 10-of-14 from the charity stripe … Wofford shot 51% (26-51) against the Mocs … UTC is 1-2 when opponents shoot better than 50%.
 
INDIVIDUAL
• Raven Thompson, Fr., F
23 points, 5 rebounds
FG: 7-11, 3FG: 2-4; FT: 7-8
Matched her career-high.
 
• Yazz Wazeerud-Din, Gr., G
12 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds
FG: 5-10; 3FG: 2-5